FIREmenow
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Spend $2 every time it gets over a quarter of a billion dollars. Just because that's a huge number.
I agree, I do not want to win a huge powerball jackpot, it would bring too much unwanted attention and my family and I would become a target for criminals and crackpots. No thanks.I think winning a huge jackpot would likely bring far more problems than rewards, changing your life in negative ways you can't envision.
Meh. The lottery is a tax on people who suck at math.
I'm a professional mathematician and I play powerball when the jackpot makes it a fair game.Yep. I know an actuary who was a consultant to PowerBall years ago. (He was a tenured professor but his sons weren't interested in what he did till they were allowed to go backstage at a Powerball drawing. I'm an actuary, too. Never bought a lottery ticket. Never will. It's a regressive tax and one I don't have to pay.
Bought 25 quick pick tickets for tonight.
I'll let you know tomorrow.I forgot to buy a Power Ball ticket, could you spare one?
Random number generated tickets. (To lazy to pick my own numbers and fill out the forms)What's a quick pick ticket?
I'll let you know tomorrow.
Random number generated tickets. (To lazy to pick my own numbers and fill out the forms)
I don't play, and the best part is I have almost exactly as much of a chance of winning as those who do.
You are short changing yourself. The Dodge Charger (Hellcat) is rated at 707 hp, and not a measly 700. Better buy two in case one breaks.It turns out that DW did buy a couple yesterday when she filled up the car. Estimated jackpot $550 mil. Okay, at least half for taxes, there's still room for that 700 hp Dodge Charger....
Conversation earlier about the tickets:
Me: "What on earth would we actually do with all that money?"
Her: "What do you mean 'we', poor boy?"
Did not know random number generated ticket was called quick pick. I just ask the man behind the counter for 2 tickets. I thought he ripped me off when I only got 1 ticket...then he showed me the 2 lines of numbers.
Good luck to you!
Glad you didn't play the two DW and I won. In 2001 DW won 10K on a military fund raiser. In 2012 I won the LaBatts beer sweepstakes. A 2011 Polaris Snow Mobile. Have won a few other much smaller lotto's (100 bucks a few times).
You are short changing yourself. The Dodge Charger (Hellcat) is rated at 707 hp, and not a measly 700. Better buy two in case one breaks.
She/he sure is looking cute though....Now I was planning on the money! They owe me the money! The winner in NH stole my money!